董贝父子原版读不懂 双语小说连载:《董贝父子》第8章 Part 16

双语小说连载:《董贝父子》第8章 Part 16  

'Is your Uncle's child alive?' asked Berry.
'Yes
Miss
she is alive
' returned Mrs Wickam with an air of triumph
for it was evident. Miss Berry expected the reverse; 'and is married to a silver-chaser. Oh yes
Miss
SHE is alive
' said Mrs Wickam
laying strong stress on her nominative case.
It being clear that somebody was dead
Mrs Pipchin's niece inquired who it was.
显然，有什么人死了，所以皮普钦太太的侄女问谁死了。
'I wouldn't wish to make you uneasy
' returned Mrs Wickam
pursuing her supper. Don't ask me.'
This was the surest way of being asked again. Miss Berry repeated her question
therefore; and after some resistance
and reluctance
Mrs Wickam laid down her knife
and again glancing round the room and at Paul in bed
replied:'She took fancies to people; whimsical fancies
some of them; others
affections that one might expect to see - only stronger than mon. They all died.'
This was so very unexpected and awful to Mrs Pipchin's niece
that she sat upright on the hard edge of the bedstead
breathing short
and surveying her informant with looks of undisguised alarm.
Mrs Wickam shook her left fore-finger stealthily towards the bed where Florence lay; then turned it upside down
and made several emphatic points at the floor; immediately below which was the parlour in which Mrs Pipchin habitually consumed the toast.
'Remember my words
Miss Berry
' said Mrs Wickam
'and be thankful that Master Paul is not too fond of you. I am
that he's not too fond of me
I assure you; though there isn't much to live for - you'll excuse my being so free - in this jail of a house!'
Miss Berry's emotion might have led to her patting Paul too hard on the back
or might have produced a cessation of that soothing monotony
but he turned in his bed just now
and
presently awaking
sat up in it with his hair hot and wet from the effects of some childish dream
and asked for Florence.
注释：expect vt. 期望；指望；认为；预料
vi. 期待；预期
词组：
expect too much of 对(某人)期望过高
expect of 对…期望（要求）
expect to do 期待去做；期望做某事
例句：
(1) They expect everything to happen fast.
他们希望一切都快速发生。
(2) So can we expect a credit boom in Germany?
那我们能够指望德国出现信贷繁荣吗？
(3) But Pickens says no one should expect that to last.
但皮肯斯表示，没人会希望这状况持续下去。
(4) Most experts expect the court to issue a narrow ruling.
大多数专家希望法院给予一个限制性裁决。
(5) You expect that the advice will be in your best interest.
你期望这个建议将会对你产生最好的影响。
(6) We cannot expect that all nations will adopt like systems.
我们不能指望所有国家都采纳相同的制度。
(7) So you might expect education laws to be different in each state.
因此，可能会以为美国各州的教育法都是不相同的。
(8) It would be irresponsible to expect the benign conditions of the past to return.
指望过去那些有利条件会重现的想法，是不负责任的。
assure vt. 保证；担保；使确信；弄清楚
[ 过去式assured 过去分词assured 现在分词assuring ]
词组：
assure oneself 弄清楚，查明
assure of vt. 向...保证）；查明（使相信
例句：
(1)I assure you they will e soon.
我保证他们一会儿就到。
(2) I assure you (that) there's no danger.
我向你担保不会有危险。
(3) Assure quality of each batch is good and steady.
保证每批供货质量都稳定。
(4) I assure you that you'll see your mother very soon.
我向你保证你很快就会见到妈妈了。
(5) We can assure you that we are well experienced in this line.
我们可以向你保证，我们可以在这（生产/销售）线上做得很好。
(6) We can assure you that we are well experienced in this line.
我们可以向你保证，我们可以在这销售线上做得很好。